Pushpa Basnet

Donation and fundraising Recognizing her effort as the first of a kind in Nepal, many local organizations have pledged their help to raise fund for Basnet.

Awards and recognition

CNN Hero 2012 Basnet has been awarded with CNN Hero Award 2012, which was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, 2 December. Academy Award winning actress Susan Sarandon presented Basnet with the award. The show was aired LIVE through CNN.

When earlier interviewed by CNN, she commented on her venture as;- "It's not fair for (these) children to live in the prison because they haven't done anything wrong...My mission is to make sure no child grows up behind prison walls."

Each of the Top 10 CNN Heroes received $50,000 in recognition of their work, and Basnet's nonprofit, the Early Childhood Development Center, has been awarded an additional $250,000 grant to continue the work.

Banquet in GW University, Washington Basnet was the guest speaker in the banquet dinner hosted by George Washington Student Organization Babies Behind Bars in The Cloyd Heck Marvin

TEDx Kathmandu Basnet was a speaker at TEDx Kathmandu, in July 2012. where she gave a speech about the future of children behind bars.

ILGA Foundation Korea ILGA Foundation of South Korea awarded The Young ILGA Award to Basnet in September 2012, at Seoul's Chung Conference Hall for her contribution in human services. Basnet is the only foreigner to receive the award which was established in the memory of Social worker ILGA Kim Yong-ki in 1989.

CNN Superhero 2016 During a special ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium, Pushpa Basnet was named a "CNN Superhero" in 2016 on the 10th anniversary of the CNN Heroes campaign.